Clara [Snyder] Kocher (1869-1949) – Active in Church & Community
MRS. CLARA KOCHER Mrs. Clara Kocher, age 79 years, widow of Charles Kocher, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Harris, near Berrysburg, Friday. Mrs. Kocher was a […]
Lykens Township Hayride, 1954 (2)
A typical family hayride on the William Dietrich farm in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Photos taken about 1954 or earlier. Above photo shows William Dietrich (1896-1977) standing behind cart. […]
Harvey E. Miller (1871-1944) – Businessman & Gratz Fair President
HARVEY ELLSWORTH MILLER GRATZ BUSINESS MAN SUCCUMBS Harvey Ellsworth Miller, son of the late Emanuel Miller and his wife Carolina Miller (nee Klinger), died on Saturday morning, 26 August. He […]
Gratz Fair – Midway, 1940s
A photo from the 1940s of the midway at the Gratz Fair, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Carl Scheib (1927-2018) – Major League Baseball Player from Gratz
Carl Alvin Scheib was born on 1 January 1927 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Oliver Darius Scheib (1896-1953) and Pauline Goldie [Wolfgang] Scheib (1899-1984). He was a […]
George H. Swab (1867-1949) – Elizabethville Blacksmith
GEORGE H. SWAB George H. Swab, age 81 years, died at his home, West Main Street, town, Wednesday morning. He had been in ill health some time. Mr. Swab was […]
Allen “Dutch” Romberger (1927-1983) – Major League Baseball Player from Klingerstown
Allen Isaiah “Dutch” Romberger was born 26 May 1927 in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Allen Clark Romberger (1909-1992) and Alvena Mae [Straub] Romberger (1908-1981). Romberger signed with […]
Lykens Township Hayride, 1954
A 1954 photograph of Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich (1895-1977), her two children, Kathryn [Dietrich] Gasbarro (1915-2003) and Harold Dietrich (1919-1988), and daughter-in-law Irma [Kapps] Dietrich (1929-2002), along with four grandchildren on […]